Gray nails are a disease that affects two people at the same time, and we are all familiar with this advertisement. Gray nail is a beautiful, but also very difficult to deal with the disease, once it is found, it can be trouble! If you don’t believe me, look… gray nails, more difficult to deal with than foot fungus? Gray nail (onychomycosis) is a chronic skin disease caused by fungal infection, which is contagious. Some people get gray nails slowly because of untreated foot fungus, while others get infected with foot fungus from gray nails, and these two diseases are mutually infectious. Gray nails and foot fungus are relatively similar, but the fungus of foot fungus grows in the cuticle of the skin and is more shallowly rooted, while the root of gray nails is hidden in the nail bed of the nails, and in some cases, under the nail plate. Theoretically, antifungal medicines for foot fungus can cure gray nails, but it’s just that it’s difficult for the medicines to penetrate through the nails, and the effect of topical application is relatively poor. That’s why, compared to foot fungus, gray nails hide deeper and are more difficult to deal with! In the treatment process, the bad nails are pulled out or thinned out so that the medication can work better and see faster results, but with ten fingers, it will definitely hurt some. Watch out! Manicure can even beautiful gray nails? Many nail salons now supply customers with manicure utensils – towels, tweezers, clippers, etc., and can not do “a guest a change a disinfection”, it is easy to be infected with ringworm, gray nails and other diseases. Especially to remove the dead skin link, sharp things can easily damage the skin tissue, resulting in cross-infection. And often do manicure, manicure people, nails will be nail polish damage more and more fragile, fungi more opportunity to take advantage of. In addition, people with low immune function and people who wear high heels or small-sized shoes for a long time (the forefoot of the foot is subjected to increased force, and the five fingers are squeezed each other, which is easy to cause poor local blood circulation, toenail deformation and nail peeling) are also prone to be “targeted” by gray nails. Can gray nails be cured? Remember four words: stick to the medicine! Many people think that gray nails can not be cured, this view is not true. Gray nails can be completely cured! The key lies in using the right medication. Topical medication If the part of the finger (toe) nail is less attacked, only the tip of the nail has symptoms, and the root of the nail is normal, you can apply some antifungal topical medications, such as amorphophallus powder, 30% glacial acetic acid, and cycloheximide nail coating, etc. These medications are highly penetrating, and can be used to treat gray nails. These drugs are highly penetrating, and the toes (fingers) should be sealed up after using the drugs. Oral medication If the injured finger (toe) nails are more, such as 3 to 4, the nail cover has a large area of subsidence, and with the root of the nail, then the topical medication is not enough, and you need to choose oral medication under the guidance of the doctor. The main choice is antifungal drugs such as terbinafine hydrochloride or itraconazole. How long does it take to fight this long-lasting battle? Generally speaking, it takes 3 months to treat gray nails on hands and 4-5 months for toenails to heal. Most patients are always halfway through the medication, which is one of the reasons why gray nails are so difficult to treat. This is one of the reasons why gray nails are so difficult to treat. Therefore, we are reminded that during the treatment period, we can not stop taking medication without authorization, which is a long-lasting battle. Don’t believe in the “bias” and street clinics Treatment of gray fingernails must go to the regular hospital, don’t believe in the so-called bias and street clinics, so as not to be counterproductive. In addition, the treatment of gray fingernails (onychomycosis) at the same time must pay attention to the cure of other parts of the ringworm, so that the cure will be more hopeful, otherwise it will also be infected with each other, and even if the cure, there may be infected again. The family should pay attention to prevent mutual infection. Gray nails are not necessarily gray It is well known that the incidence of gray nails in the elderly population is very high, and because of the widespread dissemination of the classic advertisement “got gray nails, a contagious two”, almost everyone knows that gray nails are contagious. So when there is a single nail deformation or only one person in the family has nail problems, many people do not think it is gray nail, and some people even think that gray nail will definitely show gray and black, in fact, these views are one-sided. 1, gray nail is not only color change. At present, many people are not clear about the definition of gray nails, and even think that only gray and black nails are called “gray nails”, so after suffering from gray nails, completely unaware of it, and some old people even suffered from gray nails for 50 or 60 years before they came to their senses, “so I have gray nails! “The main symptom of gray nails is that they are not a part of the body, but a part of it. The main symptoms of gray nails are nail deformation, softening and discoloration, of which deformation includes nail thickening and loosening. It is not necessary to have all three to have a gray nail, as long as it meets any one of these changes. And gray nails may not appear gray or gray-black, clinical also seen white gray nail patients, experts remind that the initial symptoms of gray nails rarely change color to gray-black, usually a long time will change color, so in the emergence of gray-black nails, please consult a doctor in a timely manner. And the appearance of soft nails, it is best to exclude the situation of nail malnutrition. Nails belong to the parts that often rub, so it is best to check whether the nails are infected with fungus when diagnosing gray nails. 2, one infects two, the infection is not so easy. The development of fungal diseases is to need conditions, gray nails of the causative organisms need two conditions to survive, humidity and 38 degrees Celsius environment. But in the family environment, a gray nail patients such as to infect the family is not simple. Such as the bathroom is generally recognized as the most infectious, moist and warm ideal environment, but when bathing, the pathogenic bacteria will not long stay in the ground, so if you do not share slippers is very difficult to be infected, and after bathing, pay attention to dry feet, but also a large degree of prevention of germs breeding. In addition, towels and so on will often wash exposure, so even if shared, the chance of being infected is also relatively low. So we do not need to be too alarmed about gray nails, just pay attention to slippers are not shared, towels, bedding timely cleaning and exposure, keep the nails dry, etc. can. In addition, in the same environment, due to the weakening of the body function, resistance to decline, the elderly will be more susceptible to infection of pathogenic bacteria. In addition, trauma to the nails, such as improper nail clipping and heavy objects, can also increase the chance of fungal infection. Some people think that nail fungus (gray nail) can not be cured, this view is not true, nail fungus can be completely cured, the key lies in the clear diagnosis and adhere to the use of medication. 1, topical medication If the number of nail plates involved is small and the lesions are mild, the distal end of the nail is involved, and the root of the nail is normal, some antifungal topical medications, such as amorophenol application, 30% glacial acetic acid, and cycloheximide nail applicator, can be applied. 2, oral medication If more than one finger (toe) nail involvement, and the nail plate lesions are more serious, nail root involvement, you can take antifungal drugs under the guidance of the doctor, such as terbinafine hydrochloride or itraconazole, these drugs have the advantages of safety, mild adverse reactions, and the efficacy of the advantages of certainty, be sure to be under the guidance of the doctor for a full course of treatment. Some people are worried about taking the drug for gray nails, it will hurt the liver, indeed, antifungal drugs is a certain effect on the liver, but definitely not as terrible as you think, the drug is only metabolized from the liver, increasing the burden on the liver, and there is no hepatotoxicity, not once you eat the drug liver is bad, then the drug is a poison, than pesticides are still poisonous. In fact, only your liver function is normal, do regular review, there is no problem, its effect is estimated to be less than the effect of getting drunk once on the liver.